Jane Lebak

Half Missing was an intriguing novel regarding a pair of twins being separated at birth.

The book itself had an incredible plot line - missing twins separated at birth and no one knew it happened. This plot line would have been more intriguing if there was more action, suspense or drama.

This book seemed to move at an incredibly slow pace, and then it did pick up and get moving, it got even slower right after. I really hoped this book would be good, since the plot sounded amazing, but it wasn't all I hoped for.

I would have loved if the author went more into either Amber's firefighter career and the drama revolving around her past, or furthering the drama of the separation of the twins. With a mixture of these together, it felt like both plot points were watered down.

Overall, I did enjoy this book but I found it slow, and that the plot could have had so much more to it.

Three out of five stars.

I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads.… (meer)

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